Chapter 64: Heart Lake 1
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Without a doubt, the Yunng Dragon Monarch, who held the Rain Calling Divine Ability, definitely had the capacity to defeat the multitude of strong enemies who tried to ambush him.
The Rain Calling Divine Ability induced the Waters of Heavenly River to pour down, its rain cutting off Spirit Energy and life, transforming thousands of miles of fertile land into a wetland.
This was a heavenly force surpassing the limits of a cultivator, a height that individual power could hardly reach.
But utilizing this power of heaven and earth would inevitably affect the countless denizens in the territory of the lake, and under its might which not even a True Dragon could resist, no one could hope to survive.
However, the Yunng Dragon Monarch chose to protect the multitude, forfeiting the last opportunity to defeat his strong enemies and reclaim control of the lake territory.
The words of the Yunng Dragon Monarch may seem light, but Shen Yuan could imagine the difficult decision made by the Dragon Monarch thousands of years ago, to give up the chance to utilize the Rain Calling Divine Ability.
In the struggle against the divine beings of the Aquatic Tribe, the Yunng Dragon Monarch may have been a hopeless failure, with all his subordinates betraying him and the dragon offspring all slaughtered.
But for the residents within his lake territory, he was a Dragon Monarch truly worthy of their worship.
Shen Yuan finally understood why, even after the collapse of the Yunng Dragon Palace thousands of years ago, people still offer sacrifices to this Dragon Monarch.
After all, not every god is the sa.
Shen Yuan slowly lifted the teacup in his hand and with a solemn expression said:
“To the Dragon Monarch!”
With his words falling, Shen Yuan drank up the tea in place of wine.
The Yunng Dragon Monarch willingly accepted Shen Yuan’s tribute.
After such outpouring, a bond subtly ford between the human and the dragon.
The flatboat was still drifting over the flooded land, but as the Yunng Dragon Monarch revealed the truth, the cadavers and debris had all disappeared and even the murky and surging floodwaters had beco peaceful and clear, like the surface of a tranquil lake.
The heart of the Yunng Dragon Monarch, like the floodwaters, had completely cald down, with gradually rising clouds enveloping the distant scenery, making the two of them seem to be wandering in a foggy aquatic world.
As the Yunng Dragon Monarch revealed the truth from ten thousand years ago, Shen Yuan beca more and more curious about this piece of history.
With the Dragon Monarch right in front of his eyes, Shen Yuan naturally wanted to inquire more. Thus, he took the initiative to bring up the topic and opened his mouth to say:
“There is one thing I still don’t understand, could the Dragon Monarch resolve my doubts?”
“Is Taoist referring to Yunng Village and the Dragon Sovereign Temple there?” asked the Yunng Dragon Monarch with a faint smile.
Shen Yuan nodded his head.
If he hadn’t entered the Dragon Sovereign Temple in Yunng Village, he would not have been able to touch the remnants of the dream left by the Dragon Monarch ten thousand years ago. Therefore, he was quite curious about the secrets of Yunng Village and the Dragon Sovereign Temple.
A look of reminiscence appeared in the Dragon Monarch’s eyes.
“This matter should start with River Ji devouring the lake territory.”
“Ten thousand years ago, River Ji Dragon Palace vied for my lake territory. I was lucky to escape and hid in the Yunng Swampland. The several Water Gods sent by the River Ji Dragon Palace to guard the water area were all killed by .
At that ti, the signs of the Spirit Energy depletion era began to show, and the River Ji Dragon Palace was in turmoil, so they couldn’t assemble a large army to destroy . Therefore, River Ji was forced to devour the lake territory.
The Yunng Swampland started to dry up, causing the original water area to dry up and turn into land.
But the engulfnt by River Ji didn’t last long, as the Spirit Energy depletion period had arrived.”
“With the arrival of the Spirit Energy depletion period and the various Dragon Sovereigns leading their respective water tribes to hide in the grotto heavens, the entire Primal Chaos Realm beca chaotic.
The demons who knew their end was near ca into the world, trying to make a final frenzy before their death.
Things like Blood Sacrifice, city slaughters, and soul extracting alchemy beca commonplace.”
“I also knew that even if I concealed myself within the Yunng Swampland, I couldn’t make it through the thousand-year Spirit Energy depletion period. So, I chose to traverse the lake territory, exterminating demons and evil-doers with the remnants of my divine power and sheltering the people of the lake territory.
A hundred years later, all demons perished, and I was on the verge of exhaustion. So, I decided to find a place to past on, and the place I finally chose for this was right here.”
The Dragon Monarch paused for a mont, a smile appeared on his face, but he did not continue. Instead, he turned to Shen Yuan and asked:
“Do you know, Taoist, why Yunng Village is so nad?”
Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, “Isn’t it because Yunng Village is located in the middle of Yunng Swampland?”
The Yunng Taoist Doyen gently stroked his beard and said:
“Taoist, your explanation is not exactly wrong, but it’s not entirely correct either. The village of Yunng actually took its na from the once-presence of Yunng Dragon Palace.
The Yunng Dragon Palace was destroyed by the River Ji Dragon Sovereign, and large tracts of the swampland dried up, revealing the ruins of the Dragon Palace hiding within.
I provided sanctuary to the villagers amidst the era of Spirit Energy depletion over hundreds of years. Appreciating my protection, they built the Dragon Sovereign Temple at the site of the Dragon Palace ruins.
Thousands of years later, I had already fallen, and the Dragon Sovereign Temple underwent several transformations. It was even forcibly torn down by the returning mbers of the River Ji Dragon Palace amidst the Spirit Energy tidal surge.
However, when the Spirit Energy depletion period arrived again, the future generations rebuilt it and gradually evolved the village of Yunng around the Dragon Sovereign Temple.”
Yunng Village is the remains of the Yunng Dragon Palace!
A sudden realization struck him, and his previous line of reasoning beca incredibly clear.
The extraordinary concentration of Spirit Energy, the villagers who transford into fishn at night, and the Dragon Sovereign Temple that has managed to stand tall for thousands of years – if these occurrences were all related to the ruins of the Yunng Dragon Palace, everything seed to make sense.
After all, these are the ruins of the Yunng Dragon Palace that once stood side by side with the Four Waterways.
“So the remarkably high concentration of Spirit Energy in Yunng Village is due to the Yunng Dragon Palace?”
Shen Yuan hurriedly asked.
Upon reaching this point, the Yunng Dragon Monarch could not help but express a tinge of regret:
“It was a result of my attempt to open a blessed land, unfortunately, I only just failed. It rely ford a special field of Spirit Energy within the range of the Dragon Palace ruins, unable to truly self-evolve Spirit Energy.
If I had succeeded, those fools wouldn’t have turned to the River Ji Dragon Palace.”
“Then why do the villagers turn into fishn at night?”
When this question was raised, the Yunng Dragon Monarch did not continue his explanation but instead gave Shen Yuan a aningful look.
“Taoist, it seems you have many questions.”
Shen Yuan also realized his misstep, and swiftly composed himself.
Seeing this, the Dragon Monarch shook his head and said:
“It’s not that this question is confidential, but it involves so causal implications and I cannot tell the Taoist at the mont.”
Then, with a sudden change in tone, the Dragon Monarch bead:
“However, I do have a way, which depends solely on whether the Taoist is willing.”
“What thod?”
The Yunng Dragon Monarch flicked his sleeve, and two fishing rods, one green and one purple, suddenly appeared on the boat.
Pointing to the mist-enshrouded lake before them, the Yunng Dragon Monarch leisurely said:
“The waters before us is my Heart Lake, which contains all that I possess.
Divine Skills, cultivation techniques, secrets, Aquatic Tribe Divine Edict, even the understanding of the incomplete Heavenly General Great Divine Power, all lie within this Heart Lake.
This lake has been silent for ten thousand years, so silent that even I cannot fathom its depths.”
“You and I will fish in Heart Lake to see who can catch a more valuable treasure.
If I lose, you can make any request, and take with you whatever you fish from the Heart Lake.
But if you lose, I would ask you to agree to one condition. What do you think, Taoist?”
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